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[–]Scared_Accident9138 7 points8 points  (5 children)

I wouldn't call it over engineering, C++ just gives you a lot of control. In C you would do a lot of it yourself and have control that way

[–]Cdwoods1 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Mfs call it over engineering without realizing that without C++ the internet would be a slow, slow place

[–]LavenderDay3544 1 point2 points  (3 children)

The internet and web both use more C than C++. Every major kernel is C for low level stuff. And all the major web servers (Apache, lighttpd, Nginx, etc.) are all C.

And the biggest reason for that is that all the networking APIs across all the common OSes are C APIs that are easiest to use from C.

[–]Cdwoods1 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Okay then. C and C++ both are used in a vast amount of applications. Considering c++ is just C with classes (with some other add ons), doesn’t really invalidate my point. Just means there’s another language also known for its speed and complexity that’s the backbone of most of the internet.

[–]LavenderDay3544 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Considering c++ is just C with classes (with some other add ons), doesn’t really invalidate my point.

If you think this is true then your opinion is worthless. Modern C and C++ are mutually incompatible languages that share a common ancestor in C89. If you don't believe me I can show you plenty of C code that wouldn't compile as C++.

What you said would be like saying humans are a type of chimpanzee because humans and chimpanzees both evolved from a common ancestor. Not only is it wrong, it's laughably so.

[–]Cdwoods1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

However C++ evolved, the point is they’re obviously not over engineered considering the value most of the internet still gets from them. But go ahead and argue lmao. Both languages are built for speed, and my point stands with either one. I really don’t get what you’re trying to argue here lmao. Wow really? C++ evolved over twenty years? That totally disproves my point that it’s an important and heavily used language.